The dynamics of the Pedagogical Master Plan: planning and confronting Intrafamilial Sexual Violence against children and adolescents in a riverside settlement community

Abstract

Children and adolescents constitute the group most vulnerable to sexual violence in Brazil, according to the 2025 Brazilian Public Security Yearbook (Anuário Brasileiro de Segurança Pública). Educational institutions therefore bear the responsibility of identifying possible cases of violence, providing guidance and the knowledge necessary to protect children—from early childhood onward—and adolescents, as well as notifying the competent authorities of suspected or disclosed cases. Accordingly, this article presents an analysis of the development of the Political-Pedagogical Project (Projeto Político-Pedagógico, PPP) of a riverside settlement school in the south of Amazonas, through collaborative training and actions to confront intrafamilial sexual violence (ISV). By means of critical-collaborative action research, dialogical, playful processes and the sensitive listening of educators, children, and adolescents were highlighted, fostering the child protection network within the school curriculum and actions to confront ISV. Among the results, the elaboration of an Action Plan was proposed, and a Protocol for Confronting ISV was created, developed collectively together with the school's PPP—a document that will support pedagogical practice. The protocol provides detailed guidance on the school's responsibilities, showing how to respond to and act with possible victims of ISV. In this way, the study sought to engage and raise the awareness of the subjects, in different ways, regarding the protection of children and adolescents, and to clarify the appropriate procedures and how to act when faced with suspected cases or disclosures of ISV.